This is one of those rare instances where the story behind the collection is as interesting as the collection itself. Begun decades ago, a father and son team shared their passion for all things Boston Red Sox and put forth a Herculean effort to collect all of the Red Sox cards and assorted issues related to the Red Sox. The collection is a veritable type collection that represents examples of almost everything that was issued featuring a Red Sox player and includes many complete team sets of the Red Sox once the team reached issues from the 1940's until the
Everyone seems to have heard a story about how their parents or siblings threw out their childhood baseball card collection. While these stories are commonplace, such losses helped add to the increased scarcity of vintage baseball cards in the modern day. Recently, Just Collect met with an individual that had a collection that most in the family thought had met the same unfortunate fate. The gentleman that contacted Just Collect mentioned that this collection had been his father’s and was collected during his childhood in 1941. At some point, the collection vanished and the thoughts turned to whether it had
Just Collect, the nation’s top buyer of vintage sports cards, struck gold again this past week, buying a vintage baseball card collection worth tens of thousands of dollars - full of Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and Lou Gehrig cards. The deal closed late Wednesday evening, just 2 days after the seller made initial contact with the company. “I wanted to sell my baseball card collection and had experience buying from Just Collect in the past. I trusted them and knew I would get a fair offer.” Comprised of an experienced and knowledgeable staff, Just Collect was able to
Offered this week is a 1939 Play Ball #92 Ted Williams Rookie HOF Red Sox SGC 60 Baseball Card. This amazing example is Well Centered! Ted was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 22-year Major League Baseball career as the left fielder for the Boston Red Sox. Williams was a two-time American League Most Valuable Player winner, led the league in batting six times, and won the Triple Crown twice. A nineteen-time All-Star,
"Go BIG!" is the line to keep in mind when considering this striking specimen bearing the Splinter's likeness, because as any fan on the '50 and '51 Bowman sets knows, the Hall of Famer's card front in both series is exactly the same. So why sink your dollars into the small guy when you can get a bigger, beefier portrait of Teddy flashing that classic swingers pose here. Size aside,